European Election Results Blog (Part II)

1.20am: Confirming my first call of the night, Labour have lost their only SW MEP. Down from 15% to 8%, finishing FIFTH. Three Tory MEPs elected.

1.09am: Statement from Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell:

“On the basis of tonight’s European results, Conservatives are winning again across Scotland, taking seats like Edinburgh South, East Renfrewshire and Dumfries & Galloway from Labour and Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk and West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine from the Liberal Democrats. This European election result is a disaster for Labour in Scotland. It only emphasises that the choice at the next Westminster election is between a tired and failing Labour Government or a rejuvenated Conservative Party. Only the Conservatives can remove Labour from Downing Street."

12.57am: UKIP down 10% in East Midlands but, on the downside, old defector Bill Newton-Dunn comes back as LibDem MEP.

11.55pm: BNP, UKIP and Greens in three way fight for final MEP slot in North West.

11.53pm: Liberal Democrats are having a particularly bad night but as the Kilroy-Silk effect unwinds in East Midlands the LDs are set to gain an MEP from UKIP.

11.51pm: Sky's Adam Boulton has given the BNP about 15 minutes of attention. Way too much! The graph below shows that the BNP gain in Yorkshire is a pretty direct shift of the Labour vote:

11.45pm: "Spain's Popular Party gained 42.2 percent of votes to the ruling Socialist Party's 38.5 percent, drawing its highest ever support in a European parliamentary election, based on a preliminary count." (Interactive Investor).

11.32pm: More places where Labour came fifth:

West Worcestershire

Surrey Heath

Mole Valley

Maidstone

Melton

Blaby

Test Valley

Royal Borough of Kingston

Lewes

Rutland

MendipTonbridge and Malling

11.29pm: BNP MEP elected in Yorkshire:

11.19pm: For the first time since World War One the Conservatives have won in Wales:

Con

Lab

Plaid Cymru

UKIP

Libdems

11.11pm: Labour has now come FIFTH in 26 places.

11.08pm: The BNP are "very likely" to win in North West (Nick Griffin). They may get one more MEP (in Yorkshire (where the hurdle is a high 11.5%) rather than London). Griffin was greeted with protestors earlier: